But Sunday night against Portland, the on-again, off-again Henry showed out. In 29 minutes off the bench, the 6-foot-6 swingman hit nine of his 12 shots, including two of four from three-point range, for 27 points, a career high.

Serving momentarily as the backup point guard for the 9-9 Lakers, Henry finished with one assist in a role that's clearly new to him. The Lakers Nation youtube channel provides us Henry's thoughts on his career night and playing point guard for L.A. while Jordan Farmar is out

McLemore on the Dunk Contest:“I think I have a shot. I’m trying to see if I can have the opportunity to make it, you know, that would be great. I just got to keep showing things to get entered into it.”

On what he is trying to do to get into it:“Get a couple of posters here and there, that’s about it. Everybody in the NBA knows I’m athletic, but I don’t know, we’ll see.”

On what type of dunks he may do:“I have some crazy dunks, as you can see my signature dunk is the reverse, you know, behind the back.”